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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 12/2/24

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Ben Clemens

3:17

throwing a touchdown pass to yourself does feel like an Ohtani-ish feat

Didace

3:18

Rent or buy is a math problem. Albeit with a lot of variables that are either unknown or very uncertain.

Ben Clemens

3:18

agreed

Henry Dodger

3:18

Will Soto's contract be insured? Is it possible to insure a contract like that?

Ben Clemens

3:18

probably for injury and not for anything else

Badeball

3:18

How much would a team pay a guy who could cure any injury instantly? Is that worth $20 million a year? Asking for a friend

Ben Clemens

3:18

easily, right?

the Dodgers would pay that for sure

Dan

3:18

If the team is depositing the present value and they are allowed to spend the interest then once the future becomes the present they will be short by the difference between the original present value and the paper value.

Ben Clemens

3:19

I don't know the specifics of teh CBA, but I'd guess that it needs to be trued up to present value every so often

and that you can spend the difference

that's how I'd do it, at least

alright, this was a fun chat and it ran a little longer than I expected

who knew everyone wnated to hear my housing hot takes?

that said, keep your eyes peeled for another article on lessons I learned in financial markets and how they apply to baseball

ETA tomorrow, I think

3:20

and have a wonderful week, everyone

Tyguy

3:20

On the housing front: I bought in 2021 at ~3% interest and would love to move, but feel golden handcuffed to my current low mortgage payment. Isn't there some financial instrument that would allow someone to take on my EV+ low interest loan and let me recoup some of the costs of what would be a higher rent / mortgage payment?

Ben Clemens

3:20

ooh bonus last one

some scandinavian country has transferable mortgages

SPArn

3:20

Shoutout to Edwin Burton if so

Ben Clemens

3:20

i took his class!

cya later, everyone

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